42. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.
43. And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed.
44. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God.’ ”
45. Furthermore the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
46. “Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South,
47. and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.
48. All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”
49. Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”